TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1860-1916 361 a good Country. R.:.tions, Beef and Blankets, and you had no reason to raid in Texas, and he told you that had got to stop, and you said it should stop and last spring when those Captives Came from Texas. Your Agent wrote me that you had promised you would not raid if they were given up. You promised him you would not raid, and those women and Children had hardly got in your Camps. when your young men went on a raid. Now I am here to de- mand those young men of you. and before the sun gets that high (about 3o.c) tomorrow. I want those men brought here, and when those men are here you will get your Captives and the Governor and I will be agreed. Now go home and talk of this and talk of nothing Else.
No. 225 LETTER FROM E. J. DAVIS TO J. W. DAVIDSON
Fort Sill Indian Territory October 7th 1873.
General
In ans'r to y'r verbal inqu [ir]y as to what latitude I give to the expression quote used in the terms stated by me yesterday as preliminary to the release of Satanta and Big Tree I have to say that whn the complnee of the K [iowa] hs mde substnt'I prgrss s[u]ch fr instce as tht th[ey] hve gone on their perma- nent location, are supp[lie]d with Ag't's to kp wtch over them & [or] dra[w]ig their rations on roll call as stated & have put themselves under the direction of the Milty to assist in arst'g the r[ai]d[e]rs compl'd. of & are to your satisf'n act'n in good f[ai]th towd's carrying out those demd's I think the time will hve arrived when u will be justified in allowing those 2 Indians to go to thr tribe. always of course with the understanding stated yesterday in regard to their rearrest.
Gov of Tex. [E. J. DAVIS]
Gen J W Davidson Comd'g Post of Ft. Sill Indian Terity.
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